One of the main tasks of the Navy aviation is countering the submarine
threat. The struggle of aircraft and submarines goes back in history a few
decades. During these years the antisubmarine aircraft and submarine missile
carriers evolved into formidable adversaries both representing the most
sophisticated and contemporary types of modern military technology
The book narrates on the history of the development of the Russian
anti-submarine aviation and the tasks it had to fulfill. The book is
intended for the specialists and a wide range of readers interested in
Russian aviation.
List of Contents
Anti-submarine Aircraft. Introduction
Aircraft Enter the Anti-Sub Hunt
A Reconnaissance Beriev Be-6 Learns a New "Profession"
A Program of Creation of Anti-Submarine Air Forces
The Development and Test of Beriev Be-12 Amphibious Plane
Beriev Be-12 Aircraft and Its Equipment
Beriev Be-12 Modernization
Beriev Be-12 Enters the Active Service
Beriev Be-12 in the Combat Duty
Development and Tests of the Anti-Submarine Complex of Iliushin Il-38
Aircraft
Iliushin Il-38 Enters the Service
The Complex Modernization
Iliushin Il-38 in the Navy's Air Force
Tupolev Tu-142 - an Ocean Going Aircraft
Development and Tests of Tupolev Tu-142
Tupolev Tu-142 Aircraft and Its Equipment
Tupolev Tu-142M - Not a Modification but an All New Aircraft
Development and Tests of Tupolev Tu-142M
Tupolev Tu-142M Aircraft and Its Equipment
Search-Targeting System 2KH-K
Tupolev Tu-142 Family in the Active Service
Conclusion
240 pages, 100 photographs
Illustrations
1. Beriev Be-12 aircraft, view from the right side
2. Beriev Be-12 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force
3. Beriev Be-12 aircraft of the first production series at the Ochakov
airfield
4. Beriev Be-12 aircraft of KSF (Red Banner North Sea Fleet) Air Arm
5. Beriev Be-12 aircraft at the Kacha (the Crimea) airfield
6. The third engine at the Iluishin Il-38 aircraft
7. Iluishin Il-38 prepares to land
8. Iluishin Il-38 aircraft with an antenna of the radio reconnaissance of
the search-targeting system "Morskoy Zmej" (Sea Snake)
9. The third and the fourth engines of Tupolev-Tu-142 aircraft
10. There is a fuel pipeline of the in-flight refueling system on the right
side of the fuselage